Madam Speaker, I know that he said I read my speech. I read some of it, and I tried to go as slow as I could. Of course, being from Newfoundland and Labrador, if I went really fast, nobody would understand what I was saying, the interpreters might not be able to keep up and then my good friend from la belle province would not be able to get the true interpretation of my words.
However, I appreciate his enthusiasm for his cause, and I congratulate him on being able to hang on to all the royalties that are coming in from oil-producing provinces like Newfoundland and Labrador in the way of transfer funds.
If I had a chance to ask him a question back, I would ask how his province would survive without all those transfers. If they left Canada, they would not have access to Newfoundland's oil—